We froze overnight again so there was new ice on the creek and a sparkle to the remaining snow. Bluebirds were early birds. To be honest, I was late arising so I don't really know which birds were up with the dawn. Warblers tried to get a share of the barkbutter and suet. White throated sparrows stuck to their foraging. But on the seed feeder there was a surprise, a chipping sparrow. The brown thrasher, like the mockingbird, only wanted barkbutter.
Some odd-looking ducks hung out by the turtle log on the lake. They were featureless dark above and bright white below the waterline, with narrow, merganser-like bills. Pelicans fished when the ice melted. An egret haunted the lake while two great blue herons perched on neighboring docks on the creek.
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